Principal (Rel.): Mr Khalil Khay P: 02 4955 6644 E: glendore-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au W: www.glendore-p.school.nsw.edu.au

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this land and pay our respect to Elders past, present and future. We recognise the strength, resilience and capacity of the Awabakal People and members of all Aboriginal Nations.

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K-2 Assembly Week 9 – 4 December – 1T

Presentation Day Week 10 – 12 December

K-2 (approximately 10:15am) and 3-6 (approximately 9:00am)

Presentation Days

CREATIVE ARTS SHOWCASE Our Creative Arts Showcase was held on Thursday, 30th November at 7pm. Our students wowed the audience with their wonderful performances. Congratulations to our performance groups - Aboriginal Dance Group, Junior Dance, Senior Dance, Choir and Stage 1 Drama group. They have had a fantastic year. A huge thank you to our wonderful team of teachers who volunteered their time to make this evening event possible.

Please see our great photos on the back page!

CELEBRATING OUR ABORIGINAL STUDENTS

Last Wednesday our Aboriginal community and staff celebrated the achievements of our Aboriginal students. We would like to thank everyone that attended. It was a wonderful afternoon.

Air Conditioning/Power Upgrade Update Our next set of quotations for air-conditioning every space continued this Monday. We are now awaiting studies to be concluded to the net available electricity to the schools’ site, which alongside the power upgrade of the school, should service all current and future buildings. Glendore Public School PLP Celebration Last Wednesday represented the culmination of work towards our Aboriginal students’ Personalised Learning Pathways and our celebration of M-Goals. Thank you to our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and families, and to our staff for collaborating and building success. It was wonderful to see so many of you in attendance, acknowledging the positive work being done. Glendore Public School Creative Arts Showcase Please see the separate article regarding this wonderful event held last night. Our students in the Junior Drama Group, School Choir, Aboriginal Cultural Group, Junior Dance Group and Senior Dance Group shone. Thank you to our Glendore community for coming along to our staff for generously giving up their time/offering tuition. Great School Community Working Together I mentioned in last fornight’s Grapvine: “What a great place Glendore is! What great potential this school, it’s community, its students and staff have”. I will be discussing the implementation of our new 2018-2020 School Plan, at next Monday’s P & C Meeting. This will commence in the School Library from 6.30pm. I look forward to seeing you there. Pizza and Soft Drinks are on me. Yours in education,

Khalil Khay Principal (Rel.)

THE GRAPEVINE Volume 9 - 2017 Term 4 - Weeks 7-8

Friday 1st December 2018

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We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this land and pay our respect to Elders past, present and future. We recognise the strength, resilience and capacity of the Awabakal People and members of all Aboriginal Nations

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PRESENTATION DAY

The Annual Presentation Day is on Tuesday 12th December in the hall. The Primary presentation of awards will begin at 9.00am and the Infants presentation of awards will begin around 10.15am. All welcome to attend and share in this special day.

SWIMMING CARNIVAL Our 2018 Glendore swimming carnival will be held at the Forum at the University on Tuesday 5th December for students in years 2 - 5. Please make sure that your child has swimwear, towel and goggles and dry clothes to change into at the end of the day. Students are to bring a packed lunch, snack and enough water to drink for the day as the canteen will not be available for students at the Forum. The day will include 50m freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly and backstroke and novelty events. Best of luck everyone and enjoy the day! The PSSA swimming carnival will occur early in 2018. Mrs Pirillo

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SISTA SPEAK On Friday 24th November the girls involved in Sista Speak were happy to have their Mothers, Grandmothers and Aunties join them in the school library as they listened and learned about Australian bush tucker presented by Mrs Patterson. Mrs Patterson shared her knowledge and wisdom about bush plants and fruits. The students and their families were then given the opportunity to taste test some bush jams and smell and feel some plants in their raw state. The jams and scones were donated and made by one of our own Newcastle Aboriginal community members Jodie Stewart. Thank you to all who were able to attend the afternoon and to Mrs Eacott, Jodie Stewart and Mrs Patterson! Miss Naden

PAYING IT FORWARD ~ LENDING A HELPFUL HAND

We are teaching alongside the leaders of the future. As such, we are lending a hand to our local community members, who may not be as fortunate as us. We have a nearly-full Red Box as a collection point for those small bottles/containers of soaps (hard/liquid), shampoos, conditioners, lotions, sewing kits, hygiene items and shoe shines that many people collect during stays at hotels, motels and resort. Help us help others!

MINISTERS SPEECHES

Today we had our Ministers nominee speeches. We wish all 31 of the students the best of luck. They all did a brilliant job and we would be lucky to have any one of them as a leading representative of our school. Votes will be tallied and our 2018 Ministers announced on Presentation Day.

ENROLMENTS IN 2018

If your children won’t be returning to Glendore Public School in 2018, please let the office know as soon as possible. This information is very important as it will allow us to better plan 2018 class structures. K-2 HOME READING AND MATHS AT HOME GAMES

A huge thank you to all our volunteers this year who have assisted in running our K-2 Home Reading and Maths at Home Games Programs. Without your support, we would not be able to offer these programs to the students and their families. K-2 Home Reading and Maths at Home Games Programs have now FINISHED for 2017. Please return all school resources to the classroom by Friday, 1st December. Notes will go home next week to students with outstanding items. Please consider becoming a volunteer in 2018, so we can continue to offer these programs to our school community. With thanks, Mrs Budd

SCHOOL BANKING

Thank you for a great year of School Banking. We would like to thank all of our students who have participated in the CommBank School Banking program this year. School Banking has finalised for this year and recommence in 2018.

SKOOLBAG APP

YMCA GLENDORE OOSHC

For information regarding our enjoyable program of activities or about the care we provide please come in and see Kathy or call OOSHC on 0417 604 248.

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‘What’s On?’ @ Glendore Public School (NB: Dates advised for later weeks may vary)

Term 4 ~ 2017 04.12.17 Life Education – Day Four of Four

04.12.17 K-2 Assembly. 1T to Present.

01.12.17 Kinder 2018 Workshop at 1.30pm in the Hall

05.12.17 Early 2018 Swimming Carnival

05.12.17 Year 6 High School Orientation Day at Callaghan College Wallsend

12.12.17 K-2 (approximately 10:15am) and 3-6 (approximately 9:00am) Presentation Days

13.12.17 Year 6 Graduation

14.12.17 All School Party Day

15.12.17 Last Day of School for Students

18.12.17 Staff Development Day (limited staff in attendance)

19.12.17 Staff Development Day (limited staff in attendance)

29.01.18 Staff Development Day

30.01.18 First Day for Year 1-6 Students

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